Tradition and Individual talent

Here , I am sharing my views on tradition and individual talent essay which is written by T.S. Eliot.

1.How would you like to explain Eliot's concept of Tradition? Do you agree with it?

Yes, I m agree with the Eliot’s idea on Tradition in which he points out that tradition is matter of much wider significance it cannot be inherited .It engage the historical sense. Traditional in Eliot’s sense means to be conscious of the main present of art and poetry.

2.What do you understand by Historical Sense?

Historical sense is significant to the understanding text and writers always conscious for the past and present. Poet must be well aware of the history past literature of his country. And according to him that more the poet will able to understand the mind of his time’s people.

3. What is the relationship between “tradition” and “the individual talent,” according to the poet T. S. Eliot?

Relationship between the tradition and the individual talent is interdependence. Both help each other they are strongly related.

4. "Some can absorb knowledge, the more tardy must sweat for it. Shakespeare acquired more essential history from Plutarch than most men could from the whole British Museum".

Eliot explain that to be a good poet one must have the common sense. It is not necessary for a poet to read all the literary history of the past if we want to read the mind of people we must have common sense.

5. "Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry"

Eliot Start second part with  “ Honest Criticism and Sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry ”   Here we can says that why person is not important in the poetry ? How things that is important in the poetry ? Poetry is in the center , judge poetry but not goes with poetry.

6. How would you like to explain Eliot's theory of depersonalization? You can explain with the help of chemical reaction in presence of catalyst agent, Platinum.

T.S.Eliot’s  chemical process to explain his theory of depersonalization. When the two gases SO3 + H2O---> Platinum—H2SO4

So3 – Sulphur dioxide = poet’s feelings and emotions
O2 – oxygen = poet’s experience and imaginations
Platinum - = poet’s mind
H2SO4 – sulfuric acid = poetry

It is the relevance of scientific chemical reaction with Arts and Humanities . The combination of oxygen and sulphur dioxide take place only if the platinum is present . 

7. " Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."

It is  an abstracts things like poetry .
Emotion +Feeling+Experiece= Poetry
As we know that Poet’s mind is catalyst ,without it poetry  is not possible .

In this process poet’s mind play a very important role to create poem and with this kinds of emotions we may find the poetry as a great work of poet but the role of poet it is not important as his poem. 

8.Write two points on which one can write critique on 'T.S. Eliot as a critic'.

For Eliot we can say that yes he was one of the critic that given the theory of Depersonalization . In his essay he was also proves concept of tradition .